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Psalms 56:13

For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling - through the assault of mine enemies. The interrogation strongly confirms the entreaty (cf. Psalms 56:8, end; also. Genesis 13:9).

That I may walk before God in the light of the living? - i:e., among the living (Job 33:30; in Ps. 28:13 , "in the land of the living;" 116:9). "Before God;" i:e., in a way pleasing to God, and under His gracious guidance and care (Genesis 17:1; Genesis 17:18; Psalms 36:9: cf. Isaiah 9:2; John 12:35).

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See also Psalms 56:13 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 56:13. _THOU HAST DELIVERED MY SOUL FROM DEATH_] My _life_ from the _grave_, and my _soul_ from _endless perdition_. _MY FEET FROM FALLING_] Thou hast preserved me from taking any false...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR THOU HAST DELIVERED MY SOUL FROM DEATH - That is, my “life.” Thou hast kept “me” from death. He was surrounded by enemies. He was pursued by them from place to place. He had been, however, graciou...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 56 The Faithfulness of God, the Comfort of His People _ 1. Trust and Comfort (Psalms 56:1)_ 2. Praise for anticipated deliverance (Psalms 56:10) These five Psalms which are grouped together...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LVI. A PRAYER AGAINST STRONG, NUMEROUS, AND CRAFTY FOES. Psalms 56:2. For enemies read they that lie in wait for me (_mg.),_ PROUDLY: read bitterly. Psalms 56:4. Will praise his word, _i.e._ the fulf...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    DELIVERED . plucked. "WILT NOT THOU... ? Figure of Speech. _Erotesis._ App-6. IN THE LIGHT OF THE LIVING . in resurrection life. Hence the title "Michtam". Compare Psalms 16, and other Michtam Psalms...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Concluding vows of thanksgiving....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Borrowed with slight variations in Psalms 116:8. _For thou hast delivered_&c. He takes his stand in the future and looks back upon deliverance granted. Cp. Psalms 54:7. wilt _not_thou deliver _my fe...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THAT I MAY WALK BEFORE GOD IN THE LIGHT OF THE LIVING— i.e. "Serve God, whilst I enjoy the common light of mankind; or during the whole of my future life." REFLECTIONS.—1st, The arms of Divine mercy...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 56 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Song by David in Captivity. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 56:1-3, In a few words, David Describes his Captive Condition, and Composes a _Refrain_ of Praise, Stanza II., P...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    _Wilt_ NOT _thou deliver?_ etc.] RV '_hast thou_ not _delivered_,' etc.—an affirmation in the form of a question. The meaning is, 'Yea, and my feet from falling.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Title.—(RV) 'For the Chief Musician; set to Jonath elem rehokim. A _Psalm_ of David: Michtam: when the Philistines took him in Gath.' For Michtam see on Psalms 16. JONATH ELEM REHOKIM ('the dove of th...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WILT THOU NOT DELIVER? — Better, _hast thou not delivered?_ FROM FALLING. — Literally, _front a thrust._...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 56:14]_ כִּ֤י הִצַּ֪לְתָּ נַפְשִׁ֡י מִ מָּוֶת֮...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 56:1 THE superscription dates this psalm from the time of David's being in Gath. Probably his first stay there is meant, during which he had recourse to feigned insanity in order to secure his...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “WHAT CAN MAN DO UNTO ME?” Psalms 56:1 This psalm was composed under the same circumstances as Psalms 34:1. See 1 Samuel 21:1. What a strange medley is here shown-David feigning madness and composing...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The keynote of this psalm is the concluding declaration of the previous one, "I will trust in Thee." Here again are evident the same circumstances of oppression (verses Psa 56:5-7). The song opens and...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [wilt] not [thou deliver] my feet from falling, that I may (i) walk before God in the (k) light of the living? (i) As mindful of his great mercies, and giv...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    PSALM LVI. (MISERERE MEI DEUS.) The prophet prays in his affliction, and praises God for his delivery....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Blessed thought! all the redeemed of God have the vows of God upon them. They are, as the Israelite's house was appointed to be, with the label upon the gate, that every traveler going by might read t...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS How blessed it is to read the Michtams of David with an eye to Christ. They are golden things indeed, when they become the medium of opening to our view the Lord as our surety; and when th...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    13._For thou hast delivered my soul from death _This confirms the truth of the remark which I have already made, that he considered his life as received from the hands of God, his destruction having b...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 56 expresses the sense of the bitter and relentless enmity of the wicked, but the tears of the godly are put in God's bottle. God is owned as the Most High, the title of promise but not of cove...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR THOU HAST DELIVERED MY SOUL FROM DEATH,.... From imminent danger of death, when in the hands of the Philistines; not that the soul can die; that is immortal; but he means his person, on which acco...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For thou hast delivered my soul from death: [wilt] not [thou deliver] my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? Ver. 13. _For thou hast delivered my soul from death...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thy vows are upon me_ As I have prayed to thee, and am assured that thou wilt deliver me, so, in confidence thereof, I have made vows to express my gratitude to thee, and I acknowledge myself obliged...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For Thou hast delivered my soul from death, he already had numerous evidences of God's deliverance in his life; WILT NOT THOU DELIVER MY FEET FROM FALLING THAT I MAY WALK BEFORE GOD IN THE LIGHT OF TH...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    COMFORT IN THE MIDST OF PERSECUTION. To the chief musician upon Jonathelem-rechokim, the word not only denoting the melody according to which the hymn was to be sung, "The dove of silence of distant p...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    8-13 The heavy and continued trials through which many of the Lord's people have passed, should teach us to be silent and patient under lighter crosses. Yet we are often tempted to repine and despond...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    FROM DEATH; which my enemies designed, and my extreme dangers threatened. I am confident that thou wilt deliver, because of thy promises, and my former experience. THAT I MAY WALK BEFORE GOD, i.e. tha...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 56:13 delivered H5337 (H8689) soul H5315 death H4194 feet H7272 falling H1762 walk H1980 (H8692) before...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    AN EXPRESSION OF HIS GRATITUDE TO GOD FOR HIS DELIVERANCE (PSALMS 56:12). Having prayed through to total confidence in God David now gives thanks for the certainty of his deliverance. God has deliver...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 56:12 I. The motive. "Thou hast delivered my soul from death." II. The obligation. "Thy vows are upon me, O Lord." The Christian who would be a Christian indeed must not be ashamed of the yok...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    To the chief Musician upon Jonathelemrechokim, Michtam (a golden Psalm) of David, when the Philistines took him in Gath. Psalms 56:1. _Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up: he figh...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: David pours out complaint about enemies. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: When we are surrounded on all sides with difficulties and dangers because of enemies, we have but one retreat t...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    The title of this psalm, which relates to the manner of singing and playing, is upon the remote and silent dove. To which _michtam_ is added, the golden ode of David. In the LXX, the title of this and...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For Thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not Thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?_ MERCIES RECEIVED I. Mercies received are in a special...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto Thee._ THE CHRISTIAN’S VOWS AND PRAISES I. A solemn obligation acknowledged. “Thy vows are upon me, O God.” 1. Vows made in public. (1) Ent...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up._ THE DEPRECABLE AND THE DESIRABLE I. The deprecable in relation to man. 1. Craven-heartedness. A man whose heart is morally sound is bold a...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 56:1. Many take this to be an individual lament, but it could also be a psalm of anticipated thanksgiving. The description of troubles and prayer changes into gratitude that...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 56:12 The singer expresses his confidence that, if “God is for him” (v. Psalms 56:9), it is as good as done: God has DELIVERED his...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the Chief Musician upon Jonath-Elem-Rechokim.” The phrase “_Jonath-Elem-Rechokim_” occurs nowhere else in the Bible; and Biblical critics are by no means agreed as t...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THIS and the following have been called "twin psalms." They begin with the same words, are nearly of the same length, and have each a refrain which divides them into two portions. Formally,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Psa 56:1-13. This is the prayer of David when he heard a mourning dove. That is, a mourning: m-o-u-r-n-i-n-g dove, out in the distant terebinth trees. He no doubt heard these doves cooing off in the d...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 2:9; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 2 Corinthians 1:10; Ephesians 5:8;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Walk — That I may serve and glorify thee. The light — ln this life....

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